Customize SCCM ConfigMgr without Scripting

There are many ways for customizing SCCM. PowerShell is of course the standard now, but it still has its limitations. Wrapper scripts don’t let you easily run code inside desired operations such as after content is downloaded to a client. Also, not everybody has the time to write and debug scripts.

Using the Workflow Designer you can create, edit, test, run and deploy workflows to automate tasks. While System Center Orchestrator only works on servers, the Workflow Designer works on both the server and on clients. More, it has built-in integration with SCCM (for example where you could create and populate a Collection). You can also use it with external systems such as Active Directory (perhaps you would create new users and configure their profile with things like drive mappings and printers).

You can control what happens in a Workflow through flow control such as “if/ then/ else”, delay, parallel execution/ multi-threading, and the like. The Workflow Designer allows you to pass values between steps in a Workflow with different values triggering different outcomes.

The Workflow Designer includes over 160 different activities. A couple of examples are working with the Registry and sending emails. However, the power is practically unlimited because you create your own custom activities to use within your Workflows. You can make use of any existing VBScript/ PowerShell scripts you have. You can pass values into a PowerShell script which can then set a value which can then be passed back to Workflow Designer so the Workflow continues depending on the outcome of the PowerShell script. To be sure, you don’t need to do any scripting, the Workflow Designer is purely visual. However, you have the option to extend it with scripting.

Workflows can launched independently from the server, and can be configured to run on the client at specific times—such as before, during or after a download. A built-in Tool Foundry lets you take a Workflow and create a standalone executable. Business workflows can also bring up a form for entry, so the workflow executes based on values entered at runtime.

To learn more about Adaptiva OneSite’s Workflow Designer, request a demo and they can show all the features based on how you would use them.

Anoop is Microsoft MVP and Veeam Vanguard ! He is a Solution Architect on enterprise client management with more than 17 years of experience (calculation done on the year 2018) in IT. He is Blogger, Speaker and Local User Group Community leader. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM 2012,Current Branch, Intune. He writes about the technologies like SCCM, SCOM, Windows 10, Azure AD, Microsoft Intune, RMS, Hyper-V etc...

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